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“The New Jersey Supreme Court doesn’t give interviews, so no one can ask whether the tribunal balked on the gay marriage issue because it was afraid of the reaction of Gov. Chris Christie.”

“The New Jersey Supreme Court issued an order Monday rejecting a recently filed motion in a long-ago-resolved lawsuit that attempted to force New Jersey legislature to redefine marriage.”

“In a split decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to hear a case from six same-sex couples seeking the right to marry, saying the case needs to wind its way through the lower courts first.”

ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks appeared on the Michael Medved Show to discuss the ongoing NJ marriage battle.

The MP3 runs approximately 34 minutes.

On Top Magazine (“gay advocacy website”): “In his first comments on why he’s intervened to defend against a lawsuit to win gay marriage in New Jersey, Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll says gay relationships are of no ‘societal consequence.’ Carroll, along with Republican Senators Gerald Cardinale and Anthony R. Bucco, are being represented by the Christian-based group Alliance Defense Fund (ADF).”

OneNewsNow: “Homosexual activists are trying to reopen a New Jersey Supreme Court case that instructed the legislature to create the marriage equivalent for homosexuals. The New Jersey legislation created civil unions for homosexuals in a 2006 decision, but ‘the plaintiffs in that original case are now seeking basically to reopen the case and to argue that that civil unions option wasn’t enough, that the legislature actually has to redefine the institution of marriage in order to properly comply with what the court said,’ explains Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney [Jim Campbell].”

The Advocate (“gay advocacy website”): “Senators Anthony R. Bucco and Gerald Cardinale, with Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, are being represented by Alliance Defense Fund, the Christian-based group that helped file the suit. ‘There’s more to marriage than just any two people in a committed relationship,’ ADF Senior Legal Council [Austin R. Nimocks], said. “At this time in history, we should be strengthening marriage, not tearing it down . . .’”

On Top Magazine (“gay advocacy website”): “Three Republican lawmakers filed a motion to intervene Monday to defend against a New Jersey lawsuit to win gay marriage. Senators Gerald Cardinale and Anthony R. Bucco, along with Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, are being represented by the Christian-based group Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) . . . ‘There’s more to marriage than just any two people in a committed relationship,’ ADF Senior Legal Counsel [Austin R. Nimocks] said in a statement. ‘At this time in history, we should be strengthening marriage, not tearing it down. Instead, activists are seeking to redefine marriage for all New Jersey citizens by resurrecting an already-resolved, three-year-old lawsuit with the goal of forcing legislators to redefine marriage against their will.’”

New Jersey Newsroom: “Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund representing New Jersey legislators filed a motion to intervene Monday to defend against a recently filed motion in what seemed to be a long-ago-resolved lawsuit that seeks to force the Legislature to redefine marriage . . . ‘There’s more to marriage than just any two people in a committed relationship,’ said Alliance Defense Fund’s Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks.”

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund representing New Jersey legislators filed a motion to intervene Monday to defend against a recently filed motion in a long-ago-resolved lawsuit that seeks to force the Legislature to redefine marriage.